Chapter 1579 A War Without a Winner (Thirty-One)

Chapter 1581 A War Without Winners (31)

Albert had actually anticipated the changes in Kingsley, but it was none of his business, so he naturally did not spend time and energy to pay attention to it.

No matter what Kingsley would become, this world was still relatively friendly to the strong. As long as Albert was strong enough, many troubles would not come to him.

At least, Albert did think so. He never thought that Kingsley would deliberately trip him up because of his refusal. How stupid would he be to do such a thing?

In fact, after returning to Britain from Australia, everything went smoothly. Even the construction progress of the wizard village was much faster than expected.

Joseph Cloy was indeed a fairly reliable architect. He helped Albert share most of the pressure, allowing him to still have time to slack off during work.

As for the big trouble that Percy vowed to mention, it never broke out in Britain.

I don't know if it's because Kingsley is no longer pressing the dark wizards, or if this is an excuse to ask him for help. Anyway, the magic world in Britain is still relatively calm.

Even if it is the so-called calm before the storm, it has little to do with him.

Anyway, even if a large group of Inferi riot and hurt people, it is the Ministry of Magic's headache. I just need to stay away and watch the excitement quietly like the vast crowd of spectators!

In the absence of panel tasks and unable to get enough benefits, Albert is not interested in working for others for nothing.

Moreover, even if he wants to help actively, others may not be willing to appreciate it.

What's more, he is also very busy every day. During the day, he not only needs to help supervise the construction of the wizard village, but also needs to take time to go to Hogwarts to help check the restoration of the castle. The tasks at night are also heavy. Not only do he need to deal with the girls, but he also needs to take on the responsibilities of a husband. Fortunately, Alice is still young, otherwise he will probably have more things to worry about.

After dealing with the curious girl, Albert reluctantly asked the sisters to shift their attention to the report on Dolores Umbridge.

The front-page report of this not-so-chic toad lady did successfully attract everyone's attention.

The reason is actually very simple. Umbridge is so hateful that when the report of her upcoming trial appeared on the front page news, it caused heated discussions in the entire wizarding world.

In Katrina's words: Many people hope that Umbridge will die.

The undisguised malice came from the report on Umbridge in the newspaper, and in order to make the newspaper attractive enough, Percy went directly to Rita Skeeter, a woman who did not mind making trouble.

"Umbridge will definitely not be sentenced to death, at most she will be sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban." For the upcoming Wizengamot trial, Albert could guess the result even if he thought with his knees.

"I thought you would persuade the new minister to sentence her to death." Isobel knew that Albert hated Umbridge very much, and was a little curious why her husband did not seize this opportunity.

"I once told Kingsley that we could use Umbridge to vent our anger when necessary, but our new Minister thinks that life imprisonment in Azkaban is the greatest punishment for her." Even if Albert had not seen Umbridge's ending in the prophecy, he would not be surprised. "Our Minister probably has his own considerations!"

"There are no Dementors in Azkaban anymore, so-called life imprisonment is no longer the cruelest punishment!" After reading the report in the Daily Prophet, Katrina also thought that the guy deserved to die.

In fact, most people, like Katrina, hope that Umbridge will be sentenced to death, and believe that the Ministry of Magic will execute Umbridge, but Albert knows that they are destined to be disappointed.

"Life imprisonment is indeed an extremely cruel punishment, but for most people they would rather see Umbridge sentenced to death to relieve their resentment."

Noticing Isobel's gaze, Albert put down the newspaper and explained softly: "However, they probably won't do that. Don't forget that Umbridge was also a senior official of the Ministry of Magic. No one wants similar things to happen to them, so Umbridge will definitely not be sentenced to death."

"But she died in the end, didn't she?" Isobel didn't think Umbridge could survive.

"How do you plan to kill her?"

Katrina looked at Albert in surprise.

"This matter has nothing to do with me," Albert shook his head, "Those who were persecuted by her will not let her go easily. After all, the suffering they suffered cannot be easily written off by the Ministry of Magic's trial."

The next day, as the youngest Wizengamot, Albert also received a notice from the Ministry of Magic, hoping that he could participate in the trial of Umbridge.

Many people expressed regret for not being able to participate in the trial in person, especially Fred and George, who seemed to be considering whether to disguise themselves as newspaper reporters to sneak in.

"I really don't know what Kingsley is trying to do. If he doesn't figure out how to end this, I'm afraid there will be big trouble."

Walking side by side with Bud on the way to the courtroom on the tenth floor underground of the Ministry of Magic, the former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor suddenly mentioned this matter, as if he wanted to get some information from Albert, the minister's senior adviser.

Everyone was actually quite satisfied with Kingsley, who was willing to take responsibility. After all, the mess of the Ministry of Magic needed someone to clean up, but they didn't want Kingsley to mess up the good situation, because everyone knew that the Wizengamot was unlikely to sentence someone to death. At most, it would be a life imprisonment in Azkaban, but such a sentence was obviously not conducive to the current situation.

Especially after the trial of Dolores Umbridge began, everyone suddenly realized that the situation was out of control.

Because after the trial process, Umbridge's many horrific crimes were completely exposed to everyone.

With many witnesses, it was almost confirmed that Umbridge was Voldemort's accomplice and minion.

This incident alone was enough to sentence Umbridge to life imprisonment.

But in order to further implement her crime, Kingsley asked an Auror to give Umbridge a freshly prepared truth serum.

He planned to use the truth serum to show Umbridge's brutality nakedly in front of everyone.

The result was that the final verdict on Umbridge became an unsolvable problem.

Should she be sentenced to death directly, or life imprisonment?

The new Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement felt that he was about to explode, and began to wonder if this was a trap Kingsley had deliberately dug for himself.

No one expected that the woman in front of him would be so crazy and cruel.

If Umbridge did not have the Dark Mark on her arm, everyone would probably regard her as a Death Eater.

No!

Death Eaters may not cooperate with Voldemort as actively as she did, and may not kill as many innocent wizards born in Muggle families as she did.

If possible, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement really wanted to kill Umbridge directly, but he couldn't do that because the most cruel sentence of the Wizengamot was life imprisonment, unless he was willing to take the blame and sentence the woman to death on the spot, but he knew he couldn't afford it and couldn't do that.

So, when Kingsley knocked down the gavel and officially announced the final verdict on Umbridge, the entire wizarding world was blown up by the hammer.

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